Senior Software Engineer, Roblox

Messaging

$238.5-289.5k

+ Equity

React
Redux
React Native
iOS
Android
C++
Windows
Senior and Expert level
San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

3-5 days a week in office (San Mateo, CA)

Roblox

Online gaming & entertainment platform

Open for applications

Roblox

Online gaming & entertainment platform

1001+ employees

B2CGamingEntertainmentCommunity

Open for applications

$238.5-289.5k

+ Equity

React
Redux
React Native
iOS
Android
C++
Windows
Senior and Expert level
San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

3-5 days a week in office (San Mateo, CA)

1001+ employees

B2CGamingEntertainmentCommunity

Company mission

To help connect and bring together people from around the world through play.

Role

Who you are

  • 6+ years of experience as a front-end or client apps engineer working on sophisticated user interfaces, in close collaboration with product and design partners
  • 4-6 years working on large-scale consumer applications in React/Redux, React Native, iOS, Android, Windows, Mac OS and other platforms
  • At least 3 years experience working on deep and ambitious problems in sophisticated C++ codebases
  • Well versed in performance monitoring, profiling and optimization
  • Bachelor's degree (or equivalent professional experience) in Computer Science

What the job involves

  • As a Principal Software Engineer on the Communication team, you’ll be in charge of building rich, immersive and engaging user communication experiences to empower safe and detailed ways for people to express themselves in different modalities better than in real life with Voice, Camera, and Text, at scale
  • You will work closely with different teams (Game Engine, Apps, Avatar, Creator, Trust & safety, other product teams) to build user experiences that millions of users engage with daily, while keeping them safe and civil
  • If you are someone who is passionate about the future of human communication and wants to envision creative ways to enable highly engaging communication features while upholding high bar for safety, then this team is the right place for you
  • Devise creative solutions to optimize and scale our systems to support communication for a billion people on the platform
  • Introduce and improve our processes to help us be more effective and efficient
  • Use the best programming practices, optimizing code to be performant
  • Be instrumental in launching high quality real time communication products/features on mobile devices and high end platforms
  • Enforce high quality standards while we iterate on feature development
  • Collaborate with other engineering, product and design teams at the company to push the boundary of what is possible
  • Self-organize and take ownership of projects throughout its full lifecycle
  • Help recruit future talent and mentor engineers in the team

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Insights

Top investors

25% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Company benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • 401k
  • Flexible vacation policy
  • Roflex - Flexible and supportive work policy
  • Roblox Admin badge for your avatar
  • Free catered lunches five times a week and several fully stocked kitchens with unlimited snacks
  • Onsite fitness center and fitness program credit
  • Annual CalTrain Go Pass

Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)

Jan 2021

$520m

SERIES H

Feb 2020

$150m

SERIES G

Total funding: $922.8m

Our take

While online gaming is no longer a revolutionary concept, Roblox has established itself as a leader in the industry by creating a gaming toolbox that encourages quality game creation, which it pays developers for.

In addition to standard games, the platform offers virtual worlds and other experiences to explore and interact with. Its platform provides an online ecosystem for millions to create, socialize, chat, and explore immersive experiences with friends. In fact, in the US its used by two-thirds of children aged 9 to 12.

The experiences on the platform are made by Roblox's over three million creators, and are available on a range of devices from PC to Xbox to Oculus, and more. The company has grown at an impressive rate, and has been keen to adopt new developments in the tech world, for example with its real-time AI translation for players to interact outside their native tongue.

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